Shady business
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Shady business
Looking around the engine bay I noticed the vin # on the passenger side inner fender. I had read about it, but never really looked at it. The way it was applied got my attention, then I happen to notice that it was different.
So I checked it with the rest of the vin # locations and it was different. The first few digits and the last few are the same of the original, but the middle digits are odd and may have even been altered. It seems to me she's been wrecked and has some scars that they attempted to cover. If that's not shady enough, of course the car report shows no record of ever being in an accident and the "mystery vin#" isn't showing up in any systems thus far.
Does anyone know of any sites with Vin archives for Jaguar vehicles? Thanks for your time. Good evening.
So I checked it with the rest of the vin # locations and it was different. The first few digits and the last few are the same of the original, but the middle digits are odd and may have even been altered. It seems to me she's been wrecked and has some scars that they attempted to cover. If that's not shady enough, of course the car report shows no record of ever being in an accident and the "mystery vin#" isn't showing up in any systems thus far.
Does anyone know of any sites with Vin archives for Jaguar vehicles? Thanks for your time. Good evening.
Last edited by Roob0481; 03-05-2016 at 03:11 PM.
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that's Very interesting. Has the whole car been painted? Does the fender match exactly if it hasn't? It seems quite possible that the fender could be replaced, but the find the same car number seems unlikely at best.... Could the sequence numbers have been changed? "curiouser and curiouser"
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Looking around the engine bay I noticed the vin # on the passenger side inner fender. I had read about it, but never really looked at it. The way it was applied got my attention, then I happen to notice that it was different.
So I checked it with the rest of the vin # locations and it was different.
So I checked it with the rest of the vin # locations and it was different.
To clarify, you're talking about the VIN labels that appear on certain removable body panels, correct? Hood, fenders, trunk lid, etc
The first few digits and the last few are the same of the original, but the middle digits are odd and may have even been altered. It seems to me she's been wrecked and has some scars that they attempted to cover.
If that's not shady enough, of course the car report shows no record of ever being in an accident
and the "mystery vin#" isn't showing up in any systems thus far.
Does anyone know of any sites with Vin archives for Jaguar vehicles? Thanks for your time. Good evening.
Cheers
DD
Last edited by Doug; 03-09-2016 at 10:50 PM. Reason: sp
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To clarify, you're talking about the VIN labels that appear on certain removable body panels, correct? Hood, fenders, trunk lid, etc
Yeah, if repairs are made using used parts they should (IMHO) just leave the labels as-is. No attempt should be made to disguise the truth. Altering the labels just adds suspicion.
That, in and of itself, might not be shady. Not all repair shops belong/subscribe to Carfax or other similar services....or the repairs might've been made long before such history services were commonplace
Again, that might not mean anything, for the same reasons as above
None that I am aware of.
Cheers
DD
Yeah, if repairs are made using used parts they should (IMHO) just leave the labels as-is. No attempt should be made to disguise the truth. Altering the labels just adds suspicion.
That, in and of itself, might not be shady. Not all repair shops belong/subscribe to Carfax or other similar services....or the repairs might've been made long before such history services were commonplace
Again, that might not mean anything, for the same reasons as above
None that I am aware of.
Cheers
DD
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True on all accounts good sir. I read on another post (that I need to take time to find and quote) someone stating that the fender Vin # is normally different than the rest because it has the body type information included. I'm not sure how accurate this is, but I'm still digging for some official confirmation or examples proving this. The search continues.
Nick
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Exactly, that's what I read in the owners manual and there's definitely no mention of any variation on any areas. I would like to see pics of others vin # so I can compare to the one on my fender that looks like it was put on second hand.
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